Cigarette pack and material web for the production of an inner wrapping for this

Abstract

Cigarette packs, namely hinge-lid packs and soft-cup packs in particular, are designed in such a way that the pack content, namely a cigarette group, is surrounded on all sides by an inner wrapping (11) consisting of paper with a decorative print applied on the outside. For reasons of cost above all, the print is applied only on those surface regions of the inner wrapping (11) which are exposed when the pack (hinge-lid pack) is open or by virtue of construction. The inner wrapping (11) is produced by being severed from a paper web which, depending on the design of the inner wrapping and depending on the folding construction, has printed zones (34, 35), arranged at a distance from one another, or a continuous strip-shaped printed zone (43, 51) located along the edge of the web.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An elongated continuous cigarette pack inner liner paper web having a plurality of elongated blanks for inner liners (11) that accommodate a cigarette group as the contents of a cigarette pack, each liner blank (11) having a closed bottom wall portion (22), and wherein: a) the elongated web comprises said elongated blanks extending with their longitudinal dimension in the longitudinal direction of the elongated web in such a way that the width of the elongated web corresponds to the width of the blanks;   b) the web contains transversely directed severing lines (36) along which the blanks are severable from the web;   c) the elongated web has printed surface areas which are spaced at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction of the web, and which correspond in size to the sum of respective printed zones (34,35) of two successive blanks in the web;   d) the printed surface areas contain full-surface decorative printing;   e) each severing line (36) for severing successive blanks from the web runs within the printed surface areas in such a way that the blanks, after being severed, have printed zones (34) on opposite ends thereof; and   f) the printed zones (34,35) have a width greater than either: the inner liner area exposed in an open hinge-lid cigarette pack or the inner liner area projecting out of a soft-cup cigarette pack.   
     
     
       2. The web according to claim 1, wherein each severing line (36) in the web, for severing successive blanks from the web, is guided off-center within the printed surface areas so that the printed zones (34,35) of severed blanks have different widths at their opposite ends, with a wider printed zone (34) encompassing a pull-off flap portion (32) which is defined by transverse perforation lines (33). 
     
     
       3. An elongated continuous cigarette pack inner liner paper web having a plurality of elongated blanks for inner liners (11) that accommodate a cigarette group as the contents of a cigarette pack, each blank having a pack end wall portion (27), formed by folding tabs, and a pack bottom wall portion also formed by folding tabs, and wherein: a) the elongated web contains transversely directed severing cuts along which successive blanks are severable from the web;   b) the elongated web has a width that corresponds to the length of the elongated blanks to be produced, wherein a material strip for forming folding tabs for the pack end wall (27), and a material strip for forming folding tabs for the bottom wall, extend along lateral edge regions in the longitudinal direction of the elongated web, and the lateral edge regions are spaced from each other;   c) there is formed at only one edge region of the web, in a region of the material strip for forming said folding tabs for the end wall (27), a continuous, strip-shaped printed zone having a width that is substantially greater than the width of the material strip for said folding tabs of the end wall (27), so that, for a blank for an inner liner (11) of a soft-cup cigarette pack, the visible part of the inner liner (11), projecting out of the cup, is completely printed; and   d) the strip-shaped printed zone is provided with full-surface decorative printing.   
     
     
       4. An elongated continuous cigarette pack inner liner paper web having a plurality of elongated blanks for inner liners (11) that accommodate a cigarette group as the contents of a cigarette pack, each of the blanks for the inner liner (11) having a pack end wall (27) portion, formed by folding tabs, and a pack bottom wall portion also formed by folding tabs, and wherein: a) the blanks for the inner liner are severable from the elongated web by transversely directed severing cuts in the elongated web;   b) the elongated web has a width that corresponds to the length of the elongated blanks to be produced, wherein a material strip for forming folding tabs for the pack end wall (27), and a material strip for forming folding tabs for the bottom wall, extend along lateral edge regions in the longitudinal direction of the elongated web, and the lateral edge regions are spaced from each other;   c) there is formed at one edge region of the web, in a region of the material strip for forming the folding tabs for the end wall (27), a continuous, strip-shaped printed zone having a width that is substantially greater than the width of the material strip for said folding tabs of the end wall (27), so that a region of an inner liner (11), which projects out of a hinge-lid cigarette pack, is completely covered with printing; and   d) the strip-shaped printing zone is provided with full-surface decorative printing.   
     
     
       5. The web according to claim 4, wherein the strip-shaped printed zone has a width that is greater than the width of a pull-off flap, of a hinge-lid cigarette pack, formed at an edge of the web by means of perforation lines (42).